April 21, 2004

Winter is back, as are the 7am starts. Ugh. I work on a web site for which there are set change windows if you want to change something. The change windows are based on northern hemisphere timezones, which makes them quite early in winter. At least today's change was over quickly without any drama.

April 13, 2004

They are considering making water restrictions tougher in Sydney. The Sydney water supply is at 52.8% of capacity this week, although it went to 50.5% during last week. (See here for a graph.) Sure - there are towns in NSW that have a lot less water (as a percentage) than that, but consider the sheer scale of the problem if a city the size of Sydney completely ran out of water.

Still more foolery: My employer put out a web page (sorry - internal only so I can't provide a link) stating that as photography inside company buildings requires a permit, from now on security staff will inspect all mobile phones as you enter the building to make sure it does not have a camera. You can buy a "security approved" sticker to stick over the lens of your phone. The sticker is called a "handycap". (The pun works better in German I guess.)